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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: michaelo X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/15 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 4d36d18253b0b861b0959759444bad1d430fd61f Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:46 +0000 Message-Id: <6978d6a2.33235.3fefcf2c@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/15 has been updated by michaelo: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4d36d18253b0b861b0959759444bad1d430fd61f commit 4d36d18253b0b861b0959759444bad1d430fd61f Author: Michael Osipov AuthorDate: 2026-01-23 20:03:20 +0000 Commit: Michael Osipov CommitDate: 2026-01-27 15:15:26 +0000 vt.4: Document that hw.vga.textmode does not apply for UEFI(8) boot PR: 292598 Approved by: ziaee, imp MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54842 (cherry picked from commit 28764001b504c3588fd9f8dd6e4c08144d20571c) --- share/man/man4/vt.4 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4 index d59030cfff9d..71682d23221c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vt.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4 @@ -201,12 +201,16 @@ prompt or in .Xr loader.conf 5 . .Bl -tag -width indent .It Va hw.vga.textmode -Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode. +Set to 1 to use virtual terminals in text mode instead of graphics mode on +BIOS boot. Features that require graphics mode, like loadable fonts, will be disabled. .Pp If a KMS driver is loaded the console will switch to (and remain in) graphics mode. +Moreover this tunable has no effect with +.Xr UEFI 8 +boot because it does not use VGA mode. .It Va hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga Set to 1 to force the usage of the VGA driver regardless of whether ACPI IAPC_BOOT_ARCH signals no VGA support.